Nov 15
Mūlapariyāya Sutta – Majjhima Nikāya, All objects of the mind are called ‘dhammā’ – ‘things’. So you may note first of all that the problem concerns those things that come to the mind. About this ‘thing’ which is the object of the mind, there is a highly significant discourse in the Majjhima Nikāya, namely Mūlapariyāya …
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Sep 11
Extracted from Sermon No. 5 (Page 18-19) >> Pahan Kanuwa Sermon – No. 187 Let us briefly touch upon it for the present. It is the Kaccānagotta Sutta 24 of the Saṁyutta Nikāya. A monk, Kaccānagotta by name, approaches the Buddha and says :“Venerable Sir, ‘Right View’, ‘Right View’ it is said. In what way …
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Mar 02
Five-fold sense-pleasures – Ref; Samiddhi Sutta, Saṁyutta Nikaya Venerable Samiddhi woke up at dawn and went to the hot springs at Tapoda to bathe. Having bathed in the hot springs and come out of it, he stood in one robe drying his limbs. Then a certain deity, who was exceedingly beautiful, illuminating the entire hot springs, …
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Jan 22
In order to understand properly the Law of Dependent Arising, one has to have a deep insight into the inter-dependence between consciousness and name-and-form. In the last two sermons we compared this inter-dependence to a whirlpool. The deepest point in a whirlpool is the abyss. The riddle verse we have taken up today as the …
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Dec 21
Religious teachers from ancient times have introduced various theories and views in an attempt to reveal the secret of continued existence. Some even attempted to hand over the responsibility of existence to gods and Brahma. The Buddha, disproving all these theories and views disclosed that grasping (upādāna) is the root cause of existence as clearly explained in the Law of Dependent …
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Nov 02
All conscious beings possess the ability to reflect or retrospect. This reflection can be done rightly or wrongly. To illustrate these two ways of reflection, we gave a simile – a simple one intelligible to anybody. The simile of a dog on a plank crossing a stream. We have mentioned this quite often. While crossing the stream on a plank …
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Jun 16
Let me say something more about “contact” Now it is a discourse of a different type. A Brahmin named Uṅṅābha 12 once came to see the Buddha. “Good Gotama, there are these five senses which have different ranges, different pastures and which do not partake of one another’s pasture of objects. What are they? The eye, …
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Apr 27
.……. Let us take one from the village life itself. Simple Siyadoris, the habitual drunkard, suddenly dies. Usually in the case of a sudden death, a post-mortem is held. But before the formal inquest there is a tendency in the village to hold many informal inquests. First of all let us consult the venerable chief monk. His verdict …
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Feb 18
The Importance of Walking Meditation In the practice of meditation leading to Nibbāna, the two postures – sitting and walking are mutually helpful. Generally, we depict the idea of meditation by the figure of a person seated in the cross-legged posture. For that very reason the importance of walking meditation in the promenade (caṅkamana) is …
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Apr 29
PAPAÑCA AND PAPAÑCA-SAÑÑÂ- SAðKHÂ The term ‘papañca,‘ as it occurs in the Pali Canon, has presented considerable difficulty of interpretation. Attempts at its definition by the commentators as well as by the present-day scholars, have given rise to divergent conclusions. It is, however, generally agreed that the determination of its significance is fundamental to a proper understanding of the philosophy of …
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